PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Langham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Langham
vs
Yoshida

172 cm
29
169 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

175 cm
25
182 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Langham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoshida feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Yoshida wants to control from the top but Langham keeps moving.
Yoshida in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yoshida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Langham is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yoshida defends well.

Langham looking for a guillotine here but Yoshida defends easily.
Yoshida postures up in Langham's guard and throws a big left but Langham blocks it.
Yoshida controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throwing strikes from guard but Langham blocks nicely.
Yoshida controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Yoshida forces his way into half guard.
Yoshida is looking to take a break and control but Langham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Langham tries to get to full guard but Yoshida has control of the leg.
Yoshida takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Yoshida postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Langham to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langham shoots in but no luck this time.

Yoshida closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Langham did well to prevent Yoshida getting side control.
Yoshida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshida is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Langham!
The referee warns Langham that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yoshida looking to control but Langham is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yoshida looking to finish Langham with some ground and pound. This is bad for Langham!

Langham is rocked!
Yoshida unloading with bombs!
Oh Langham is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yoshida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yoshida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yoshida lands a big shot to the head and Langham winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Yoshida!